Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to teat to Winnipeg free press vol. 75 no. 231 Price Loc Winnipeg tuesday june 25, 1968 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast sunny 45 and 70 shirtless demonstrator arrested in Montreal Senate okays missile defence to Cost . Billion by John Maffre Washington special tons the Senate monday beat Down an Effort to Block a Start on the billion anti ballistic mis Sile system of defence Pri Marily against red China but to some extent against Russia. A massive coalition of hawkish republicans and Down the line democrats swamped a Loose bipartisan Alliance of both parties anti forces led by sen. John Sherman Cooper Republican Kentucky with a 52-to-34 vote. Less than half an hour later an amendment proposed by sen. Stephen. M. Young Democrat Ohio was downed by the More crushing vote of 72-12. Please see Senate Page 8 Hydro has Peak profit Winnipeg Hydro reports its 1967 profit is the highest in its 57-year history Des Pite increased operating costs. The record breaking figure name from the City owned util Ity today although its provincial Manitoba Hydro announced this Spring things Are so Tough it is going to have to raise Hydro rates this year. Winnipeg Hydro has reported profits in excess of million since 1963. The figure for 1966 was see City Hydro Page 7 Dickson to hear dispute education minister George Johnson today announced the appointment of or. Justice r. G. B. Dickson of Manitoba court of Appeal As chairman of an arbitration Board to hear a contract disagreement Between the Winnipeg teachers association and the Winnipeg school Board. The appointment of or. Justice Dickson on the recommendation of chief Justice c. Rhodes Smith of Manitoba court of Appeal was made at the request of the minister after arbitration Board nominees for the teachers and the Board were unable to agree on a chairman. Please see Dickson Page 7 Washington negroes fight police National guard called in new curfew imposed by Austin Scott Washington a National guardsmen patrolled the curfew emptied streets of the . Capital Early today after disorders broke out Fol lowing the forceful closing of resurrection City. Mayor Walter Washington declared a state of emergency and called in National guards men monday after unruly crowds of negro youngsters hurled bottles and jacks at. Police in the riots occurred last april. These measures plus the extensive use of tear Gas and the imposition a dusk to Dawn curfew appeared effective and there was relatively Little dam age. Police reported 274 persons charges including 98 accused of curfew violations Between noon monday and 6 . Today and one Man wounded by a detective s Bullet As he fled a looted liquor store. Mayor Washington said late monday there were a relatively Small number of windows broken and very Little loot British traffic in chaos London up transport chaos was expected to increase across Britain today As some railway workers ignoring a threat of reprisals carried their slowdown into its second Day. Major cities already burdened with heavy weekday traffic were choked As thousands of commuters used their cars to try to beat the go slow. Thousands who went by train were late for work As British rail cancelled hundreds of serv ices because of personnel Short Ages. Much of London had no com Muter or subway trains after 10 . Monday night and none before 6 . Today. The National Union began railway men which overtime ban mid night sunday night to Back pay demands was joined today by the locomotive engineers Union. Prime minister Wilson was reported near to declaring a state of emergency. The rail men Are demanding an immediate pay increase of a per cent for All members of the two unions. Features today Manitoba trapshooting Hall of fame.22 today s Index classified 30 to 42 comics 28, 29 deaths 16 finance. 12 to 14 movies 27 sports 22 to 25 television 26 women 18, 19 City zone total nearly everyone reads the free press mayor Washington said the curfew would be lifted As soon As conditions Are restored to unlike the riots in april when authorities Drew stiff criticism from the . Congress and local merchants for not acting fast enough National guards men were on the streets within a few hours after the first signs that the Day might not end As peacefully As it began. Police were prepared for Vio Lence when of them sudden see Washington Page 7 44 police injured pm defies separatists Trudeau stays through 4worst violence 91 Montre Alers Hurt 290 others arrested by Stan my dovell Montreal staff separatists throwing bottles some of them filled with acid failed to drive prime minister Trudeau out of the Saint Jean Baptiste Parade monday evening in spite of what police called the worst violence in the history of the nationalist Celebration. Forty four policemen and 91 other people were injured Dur ing the raids by the separatist agitators. Montreal police director Jean Paul Gilbert said there were 290 arrests on charges ranging from refusing to move on to assaulting a police officer and damaging property. Three police cars were overturned by the agitators and one of six police horses injured died later. Shortly after the Parade ended Marcel Faribault leading Quebec conservative accused or. Trudeau of provoking the disturbance by his presence on the reviewing stand to which he had been invited by the Saint Jean Baptiste society sponsors of Parade. Premier Daniel Johnson also told reporters he had told or. Trudeau his presence was a provocation. Or. Johnson himself left the stand for a Short time after a Bottie sailed Over or. Trudeau s head. Two ramp officers guarding or. Trudeau pushed him Down then threw up a Raincoat to protect him. They tried to get him to leave. Or. Trudeau shrugged them off slapped the Raincoat Down Over the railing in front of him and plunked himself Back into his seat. Out in the crowd 100 Yards away a woman standing beside a knot of a dozen separatists who were chanting Trudeau to the cupped her hands to her Mouth and let out her own shout Bravo the Racket of smashing bottles exploding firecrackers and chanting agitators was briefly drowned out by an ovation for the prime minister s decision to stay. Please see Trudeau Page 4 Bridge reopening proposed division urges designing new one but 2-Lane use now metro s streets and traffic division recommended tuesday that Maryland Bridge be opened to pedestrian and vehicle traffic on a restricted basis beginning wednesday morning metro chairman Jack Willis said tuesday. But the division also recommended that engineering designs for building an entirely new Bridge to replace the present one be started immedi prime minister Trudeau watches St. Jean Stanfield ends his Campaign Baptiste by Joyce Fairbairn Belleville ont. Staff with cheers and songs and bands and banners the Stanfield Campaign officially ended Mon Day night on the Shore of Lake Ontario. For the last time in this election Battle the 54-year-old Nova Scotia faced a formal rally with his now familiar heavy Manitoba vote indicated with sunny and weather prevailing throughout Manitoba today Federal election Day Early indications Point to a heavy turnout at the polls. The turnout in Manitoba s 13 Ridings ranged from Normal to quite heavy in the first Ivi hours of voting according to a Survey of the constituencies returning officers. The Early turnout in the Urban areas appeared to be heavier than that in the Rural areas. Bad weather won t hamper the turnout in Manitoba. No rain is expected in any part the province. High temperatures please see heavy Page 16 attack on a Liberal government devoid of policy and purpose. For the last time Robert Stanfield and his entourage boarded his. Chartered aircraft Misa jomax named for his children Mimi Sarah Judy and Max for the flight Back to Halifax and Home to vote. With Mere hours to. Go before the nation moved to the polling Booths the tory Leader said noise can distract for a Little while but not for very Long. The people Are disturbed by the misrepresentations in this Campaign but now each candidate is face to face with the people of Canada. Or. Stanfield delivered his last formal speech before about at an open Airt meeting in this tory District. Beside him were five hopeful candidates including George Hees who flexed his Muscles and went from red to purple with the exertion of his attack against the liberals record in government please see Stanfield Page 8 Day Parade leaders cast ballots by the Canadian press prime minister Trudeau and opposition Leader Stanfield both voted Early today in their Home vision drowned in mud by Rudy Abramson and Ronald j. Ostrow Washington special tons the Day they started building resurrection City it was possible to Hope even believe it would live up to its name. It was Beautiful in its Simplic Ity. White Middle class House wives helped Hammer ply Wood huts together. Poor people from Mississippi Savoured their first look at their capital. Government workers came out on their lunch hour not just to stare but to mingle with the poor people. White reporters bought Large sized buttons with pictures of Martin Luther King. It was a Happy Day. Six trying weeks later resurrection City .a. Came to an ignominious end. Riot police in flak jackets who swept through the symbolic City of the poor found squalor that was at please see vision Page 4 Rev. Ralph Abernathy looks through barred window of a bus lately. The recommendations go to metro s streets Aud traffic committee this afternoon. Please see Bridge Page 8 Ridings. Or. Stanfield and his wife were followed by two mounties in Plain clothes As they drove to St. Mary s University near their South end Home in Halifax to vote about 30 minutes after the polls opened. Prime minister Trudeau was to violate Tlle labor act. Kissed twice by girls As he entered the polling Booth at the downtown Headquarters of a rail strike averted Montreal up about car and car locomotive firemen have called a strike for thursday to Back wage increase demands recommended in con c i 1 i a t i o n Board reports but labor minister Pepin promptly reconvened the Board monday making the proposed strike Ille Gal. A walkout by firemen across Canada could cripple the move ment of cargo which has been piling up from Montreal East of the St. Lawrence Seaway sys tem due to a strike of sea Way workers which began Fri Day. C. J. Allen vice president of the brotherhood of locomotive firemen and engine men said monday night he had not yet been officially told of the labor minister s order to reconvene the Board. Until such time As i have something official before me i can t say what Well do about the government s latest move. We Are Law abiding people however and would do nothing please see leaders Page 16 Gas said to be upset he said at a news conference earlier monday that the brother Hood had no alternative but to strike when the car deleted certain collective bargaining clauses from the conciliation re port of judge Rene Lippe. He said judge Lippe s recommendations included a 24-per cent wage increase for Passen Ger train firemen and a 15-per cent wage increase for Passen Ger train firemen and a 15-pcr i cent increase for freight and Yard service firemen. The brotherhood accepted the report with reluctance he added. _ please see rail Page 7 the general practitioners association of Manitoba is said to be upset about Premium increases and the direct Billing feature of the new Manitoba medical service plan to be effective july 1 but this could t be confirmed officially. Sources say the Gas As general practitioners Are called feel the new mrs plan financially favors medical specialists and that the Gas Are planning to vote this week on whether to oppose the plan publicly. Or. Frank Sheedy president of the action Manitoba up s said monday interview he could t comment on news that the Gas Are opposed to the new mrs plan. Please see Gas Page 7 looking for a trailer this want and under Camp ers trailers 83 15 it. Citation hse. Trailer stove with oven ice Box. Sleeps 6, 590 Ingersoll St. Is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Firms would suffer by Pieter Vanbennekom a general railway strike would seriously affect most Large businesses in Manitoba and could shut Down some an informal Survey of businessmen reveals. A Winnipeg spokesman for the International Nickel company of Canada said railway strikes would affect the company s Thompson operations. To h e great majority of Inco s ship Ping to and from Thompson is normally done by rail the spokesman said. She would t speculate on what effects the strike would have on the Thompson Nickel mines and How Many men if any would have to be Laid off. Winnipeg postmaster George please see stoppage Page 8 a ;